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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ekwefi awakes Okonkwo early in the morning pounding on his door. What is she anxious to tell him?
(a) Nwoye's mother is sick and calling for him.
(b) All the men of the village are to meet in the marketplace immediately.
(c) The yam fields are on fire.
(d) Their daughter, Ezinma is sick and dying.

2. Why is Okonkwo considered one of the greatest men of his time?
(a) He has patience for all men, even unsuccessful ones.
(b) He is the greatest flute player in the village.
(c) He is a sympathetic, loving father and husband.
(d) He is a wealthy farmer, the greatest wrestler, has a barn full of yams, and has three wives.

3. Why doesn't Okonkwo have any patience with his father?
(a) Unkona spoils his wife and children, providing them with too much food and money.
(b) Unoka is lazy, a debtor, and a failure.
(c) Unkona is overly ambitious and driven to earn the highest titles in the land.
(d) Unkona is a great warrior who is always away at war.

4. How can an observer tell if a communal ceremony is only for the men of the village?
(a) The titled men and elders sit on stools while the women look on from the fringe like outsiders.
(b) The women gather away from the ceremony, and chat with one another.
(c) There are guards stationed around the communal ceremony, preventing the women from viewing.
(d) There are no women present anywhere near the ceremony.

5. What is the decision of the egwugwu after hearing the case for Mgbafo's family against Uzowulu?
(a) Uzowulu is warned never to beat a woman again or he will be mutilated.
(b) Uzowulu is to bring a pot of wine to Mgbafo's family and beg that his wife be returned to him. Mgbafo's family is to return her to Uzowulu when he brings the wine to them.
(c) The bride-price is to be returned to Uzowulu.
(d) The bride-price is not to be paid back to Uzowulu.

6. What is the only way a young man can build a barn of his own if his father has no yams?
(a) Planting coco-yams.
(b) Going to his mother and his father's wives for help.
(c) Saving his money to buy seeds.
(d) Share-cropping.

7. As Ekwefi and Okonkwo wait outside of Agbala's cave for Ezinma's return, what does Ekwefi think about?
(a) She thinks about what must be happening to Ezinma in the cave.
(b) She thinks she will take Ezinma and move away from the village.
(c) She thinks about how she and Okonkwo can defeat Agbala.
(d) She thinks about when she and Okonkwo were young, and how she left her first husband to be with Okonkwo.

8. How does Ezinma, the daughter of Okonkwo's second wife, bring fire to Nwoye's mother's hut?
(a) Ekwefi, Okonkwo's second wife, gives Ezinma a clay pot with burning leaves inside to carry to Nwoye's mother's hut.
(b) Ekwefi, Okonkwo's second wife, makes a torch of banana leaves and palm oil, and gives it to Ezinma to carry to Nwoye's mother.
(c) Ekwefi, Okonkwo's second wife, puts live coals into a piece of broken pot and Ezinma carries it to Nwoye's mother.
(d) Ezinma carries a flaming stick across the compound to Nwoye's mother's hut.

9. What does the priestess do when she brings Ezinma out of Agbala's cave?
(a) She comes out of the cave and tells Okonkwo and Ekwefi that Agbala wants them to leave, or Ezinma will be sacrificed.
(b) She comes out of the cave alone, telling Okonkwo and Ekwefi that Ezinma has to remain in the cave for two days and nights.
(c) She doesn't say a word to Okonkwo or Ekwefi, but carries Ezinma back to Okonkwo's compound and places Ezinma in bed.
(d) She comes out of the cave, giving Okonkwo and Ekwefi a lock of Ezinma's hair. She tells them to bury it in the yam field.

10. Anasi is Nwakibie's first wife, which makes her the ruler over the other wives of Nwakibie. She is the only wife who can wear her husband's titles. Where are the titles worn on Anasi?
(a) On a necklace.
(b) On an anklet.
(c) In a hair piece.
(d) Tattooed on her upper arm.

11. What is the strange event that takes place in the village of Ire that Ofoedo tells Okonkwo and Obierika about?
(a) All the people in the village of Ire awoke in the night from dreams of disasters to come.
(b) All the yams planted in the fields rotted during the night from a curse sent by evil spirits.
(c) Ogbuefi Ndulue, the oldest man in the Ire village died and upon hearing about it, his wife, Ozoemena, died also.
(d) The children of Ire stopped speaking for two days and went into a trance-like state.

12. Okonkwo is sitting in his obi with Ikemefuna and Nwoye, eating dried locusts when Ogbuefi Ezeudu comes with a message. What is the message?
(a) Ikemefuna is to be given all the rights of an adopted son to Okonkwo.
(b) Nwoye and Ikemefuna are to be declared by Umuofia as brothers for life.
(c) Umuofia decides to kill Ikemefuna. The Oracle of the Hills pronounces it. Okonkwo is not to take part in the killing because the boy calls him father.
(d) Ikemefuna is to remain in Okonkwo's household as a servant for the rest of his life.

13. What ultimatum is dispatched to Mbaino as a consequence of the murder of the woman from Umuofia?
(a) Choose between war or the offer of a young man and a virgin from Mbaino.
(b) The sacrificial offering of one of the daughters of Mbaino.
(c) Deliver the head of the murderer to the people of Umuofia.
(d) Delivery to Umuofia a year's worth of the yam harvest as a peace offering.

14. Why do men and women look forward to the Feast of the New Yam?
(a) It is the beginning of the season of plenty--the new year. It begins with huge quantities of fresh yams, yam foo foo and vegetable soup.
(b) It is a festival of dancing around the new yams of the season and eating the rest of the old yams for the previous year.
(c) The men and women cook and feed each other the yams from the previous harvest so that no food will be wasted.
(d) It is a feast of yam stew made from all the leftover yams of the past harvest, which is divided among all the people.

15. How many men are in each of the two teams of wrestlers who face each other in the wrestling ring?
(a) Five men on each side
(b) Nine men on each side
(c) Six men on each side
(d) Twelve men on each side

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Obierika send one of his relatives to get a fat goat to give to his in-laws during the uri?

2. What does every man and his family do after the Week of Peace?

3. What is the name of the boy who wins the wrestling match in the fifteen- to sixteen-year-old age group with a lightning fast move that was never seen before?

4. Why does Nwakibie trust Okonkwo to farm his yam seeds?

5. Which men fight in the final wrestling match of the day?

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